"Shhh...... It's not easy! "Sitting in the team's locker room, morale on the Pacers' side is not high.

It's not that they lost their fighting spirit like they did when they played the Nuggets, but it really didn't feel easy! At the end of the half, the Pacers trailed the Celtics by 9 points at 52-61, which was not easy, and the two sides were still evenly matched in the second quarter.

Rondo's appearance was also broken by Zhang Kong, but Doug Rivers is the champion coach after all, both in terms of thinking and judgment is stronger than Jim O'Brien, after seeing Rondo being stifled, he changed his formation for the first time, even if Rondo is on the court, the Big Three can not play rhythm, but play singles offense! The real turning point came when Ray Allen received an order from Doug Rivers to force a break with 3:58 left in the second quarter.

After a foul on Josh Maddy Roberts, he made two free throws, and then Pierce received an assist from Garnett for a layup.

Then it was Ray Allen who dribbled through the low hand layup and hit another two points, and now the Celtics have beaten the Pacers a 6-0 small ** appeared, and the score was successfully pulled away in one fell swoop, and at this critical moment, Zhang Kong stood up, broke through the inside line, attracted the bag, and then handed the ball to the hands of Granger on the outside, who hit a three-point shot.

And Kanei played Yin this time, he didn't directly hand over the ball to Rondo, and sent the ball out of bounds, but threw the ball directly across the half court outside the bounds, Rondo had already appeared in the position of the half court at this time, Zhang Kong didn't notice that the other party was playing yin, and was several positions behind, although Rondo's speed was not fast, but it was not enough to let Zhang Kong, who was so far away, catch up.

After quickly getting down, he easily threw and hit, and Zhang Kong's side also deliberately made a match with Granger in order to return the color.

I tried a three-point shot from the outside, but luckily, the three-pointer went in after bouncing twice on the rim.

At 54-51, the Pacers were slowly chasing the score, but at this critical moment, Ray Allen came over to make trouble again.

First, after receiving a pass from Pierce on the outside, he hit a quick three-point shot, and Zhang Kong finally saw Ray Allen's must-kill.

Zhang Kong was not given any chance to defend at all, and before Zhang Kong's hand was raised, Ray Allen's ball had already been thrown. Then Pierce broke through the interior and caused a foul on Granger, and Pierce made two free throws to stretch the score to eight points.

In the final 15 seconds, Zhang Kong broke through the inside line and wanted to do an aerial relay with Josh McRoberts to cheer up the momentum on his side, but unfortunately it was ruined by Garnett, although Garnett also had a foul.

But so far, he's scored 11 points, but he's only had one foul, and that's where the veteran's experience comes into play.

In the last fourteen seconds, Zhang Kong struggled to catch up and blocked Pierce's layup, but the basketball fell into the hands of Rondo, Rondo's shooting was indeed very poor, but this did not mean that he couldn't get in under the basket.

With a light throw, the second quarter ended, 61-52, and the Celtics won the halfway by nine points.

A 34-26 attack wave in the single quarter is what makes the Pacers depressed in the locker room, and they have tried to improve their shooting percentage, but as far as the current industry is concerned, the Celtics' shooting percentage is even higher.

Although the Celtics' suffocating defense didn't show up in this game, the Pacers' side still didn't feel good.

Jim O'Brien kept explaining the tactics to his players in the locker room, and the Pacers' tactics in the first half were not wrong. Just look at the 52 points they scored and you can see that there are no problems with their offense.

In the face of the Celtics, they have little defensive ability, and the lineup is one big and four small.

The defensive core of the inside line is Roy Hibbert, and the defensive core of the outside line is Zhang Kong, Zhang Kong defends very well, but he can't prevent the opponent from blooming more, they can attack too many people who want to defend but can't prevent it at all, this is the most depressing thing.

"In the third quarter, the main offensive point is transferred to the forward position, Danny, you and Deng Tai attack together, Zhang Kong will make the ball for you on the outside, Zhang Kong will break through the ball if he doesn't have a chance, and if he has a chance, he will do his best to conduct it externally!" After Jim O'Brien finished talking about the tactics of the third quarter, he began to guide the offensive routines of others in detail, and after hearing Jim O'Brien's words, Zhang Kong and they all nodded, indicating that they understood, and with the reminder of the staff, the two teams walked out of the locker room again, and after appearing from the player tunnel, the starters of both teams came directly to the court, waiting for the game to start.

Because the jump ball was won by Roy Hibbert, the tee shots in the second and third quarters belonged to the Celtics.

After Rondo received the serve, just after halftime, Earl Watson learned Zhang Kong's movements and ran over to defend Rondo, and in the second quarter, Rondo was made out of the shadow by Zhang Kong, and subconsciously passed the ball to Ray Allen next to him.

How could Ray Allen thank Absolutes for his kindness? He was about to break through with a direct dribble, but he didn't notice that the guy standing in front of him was no longer Earl Watson, but Zhang Kong! Zhang Kong's first defensive step was dead standing in his path, Ray Allen bumped it, felt that it couldn't be hit, so he took a step back and broke through from other directions.

And Zhang Kong also followed him closely, until he hit the weak side, Ray Allen suddenly made a sudden stop, and then jumped directly to shoot, how could Zhang Kong give him such a chance, and he jumped up with him, and his hand was sealed in mid-air.

The defensive tactics of blocking the face, Zhang Kong will also, but he can't master it as well as Battier, so he can only stretch it as high as possible, Ray Allen's basketball just shot, and it was wiped by Zhang Kong's fingertips, Hibbert on the inside line will not let such a ball slip away, Ray Allen made a three-way no, Hibbert took the ball away, and then passed it to Granger in front.

After Granger won the ball, he was swept straight into the opponent's half, and he was joined by Dundee Jones.

Pierce was the only one defending in the opposing half, and he rolled his eyes twice before opting for Granger, who was more aggressive defensively.

And just a second after he chose Granger, Granger passed the ball into the hands of Duntley Jones on the perimeter, who hit an easy jumper and raised three fingers high, but the scorer only went up by two points because he had stepped on the line.

"Small problem, don't worry, keep attacking!" Zhang Kong looked at Deng Tai-Jones's embarrassed face, smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

In the next offense, Zhang Kong really found the position of Deng Tai Jones on the outside, passed the ball directly, and the opponent was not polite, and hit another jump shot, and then Granger was not polite, and received Zhang Kong's assist and hit a jump shot from 20 feet out.

The Pacers' two spears began to wield, Dundee Jones plus Danny Granger, the two of them shot one by one, turning the entire Celtics' interior upside down, when the third quarter of the game, halfway through, with Zhang Kong and Hittber's aerial relay, the Pacers have caught up with the score, 73-70, the Pacers have followed closely behind the Celtics.

The Celtics had to call a timeout, and Doug Rivers didn't want to give away a victory that was about to come his way. After the timeout, the Celtics really had some improvement on this side, after scoring three points in a row, the score on both sides stretched to as many as six points, and the Pacers were not to be outdone, Tyler Hansbrough received an assist from Hyde and hit a jumper from six feet out, and TJ Ford also received an assist from Hyde, hit a layup, and scored four points in a row before the Celtics reacted.

Both sides fought fiercely in the third quarter, and finally, with 1:32 left in the third quarter, Luther Hyde received a split shot from 8 feet out after a breakaway, and hit a jump shot, although it was not an assist because he moved.

But the hit of this ball helped the Pacers finally tie the score, the 9-point gap, Zhang Jiangyan tied at this time, and then Jim O'Brien replaced the more explosive Brandon Rush and replaced Zhang Kong, a master.

Brandon Rush also choked enough on the bench, and as soon as he got on the court, he directly began to exert his power, shooting long-range layups and scoring five points in a row.

With Marquis Daniels' missed shot in the final moments, the third quarter of the game officially ended, and the Pacers outscored the Celtics by 5 points at 84-79, and the Pacers won the game by as many as 14 points in this quarter.

The main credit for this is due to the Pacers' benches, because the Pacers' main force just clung to the score at the critical moment, and without Hyde and other bench players, the Pacers would not have been able to overtake the score at home.

And the second key point is because the Celtics are short of physical strength on their side, and people who often watch Rockets games know that when Yao Mai was in the era, the Rockets were particularly prone to collapse in the fourth quarter.

Lack of physical strength, when attacking the shooting posture is not done correctly, so the shooting rate drops rapidly, and when defending, because of the lack of physical strength, can not keep up with the opponent's moving pace, so the defensive ability also declines rapidly.

The main core of the Celtics' side is too old, plus they just lost to the Hawks at home yesterday.

Today, coupled with the crazy offense in the first half, halfway through the third quarter, the physical strength of the Big Three finally ran out, which also gave the Pacers a chance, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Celtics veterans who rested for a period of time played a wave of 9-2 small ** to overtake the score, but then the Pacers and other main forces returned to the court, immediately scored six points in a row, regained the lead, and pulled the score to 107-96 in the middle of the game...... Everything looks clear!

(To be continued)